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When Hamas succeeds, innocent people die in Israel and Gaza
The Washington Examiner ^
| August 2, 2014
| Melanie Sturm
Posted on 08/02/2014 5:41:46 AM PDT by Aspenhuskerette
Asked by a convert to distill the Torah’s essence, Rabbi Hillel — Judaism’s great sage — taught, “What is hateful unto you, do not do unto your neighbor.”
Like the Golden Rule that roots most ethical traditions, Hillel’s first-century precept aimed at inspiring a better society, one that brought order, dignity and peace to an otherwise cruel and warring world.
That too much of the world still inhabits a darker moral universe — preferring violence, hate and death — is perhaps humanity’s greatest challenge.
As Nazi refugee Albert Einstein understood, defending our collective values is the humane response. “The world is a dangerous place to live in,” he said, “not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”
Today, the world’s spotlight is on Israel, which is trying to do something about the evil emanating from the Gaza Strip, the territory controlled by Hamas, a murderous terrorist organization.
As the only democracy in a swamp of Middle East extremism — and the world’s only Jewish state — Israel confronts a Nazi-like neighbor whose slogan is “we love death more than Jews love life” and who pumps hate into its society’s bloodstream. Besides killing Jews, Hamas aims to bait Israel into self-defense actions it abhors, causing Palestinian deaths that elicit international scorn.
Hamas’ charter foretold this story. Calling for the destruction of Israel and Jews everywhere, it declares, “leaving the circle of conflict with Israel is a major act of treason.” After years of terror attacks killing nearly 1,300 innocent Israelis, witness Hamas’ relentless rocket assaults and tunnel invasions.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; israel; melaniesturm; terrorism
If Israel laid down its arms, it would cease to exist; and if Hamas demilitarized, there would be peace in Gaza.
To: Aspenhuskerette
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posted on
08/02/2014 5:54:19 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
To: Aspenhuskerette
They shouldn’t be within fighter-bomber range of each other.
I vote they move the A-rabs.
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posted on
08/02/2014 6:44:41 AM PDT
by
Flintlock
(Deport them ALLLL!)
To: Aspenhuskerette
Another good column. Thanks for sharing it was us.
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posted on
08/02/2014 7:36:19 AM PDT
by
kristinn
(Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
> As Nazi refugee Albert Einstein understood, defending our collective values is the humane response. “The world is a dangerous place to live in,” he said, “not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”
Thanks Aspenhuskerette.
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posted on
08/02/2014 8:09:28 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Aspenhuskerette
Israel confronts a Nazi-like neighbor whose slogan is “we love death more than Jews love life
Anybody recall from history class the phrase
"Carthaginian Peace" ?
Carthage Hamas must be destroyed.
Israel and the Carthaginian Peace
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:01:49 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Aspenhuskerette
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08/02/2014 9:13:08 AM PDT
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GOPJ
(It's almost like Obama is throwing the game....)
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